New Orleans Schools Considered 'Train Wreck'; District has Millions of Dollars Missing, Employees Indicted On Corruption Charges

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dozens of employees indicted or convicted on corruption charges. Tens of millions of dollars unaccounted for. Eight superintendents in seven years. Rock-bottom test scores. Shootings, sirens and police uniforms, often. The threat of bankruptcy and bounced checks, constantly.

In the dismal gallery of failing urban school systems, New Orleans' may be the biggest horror of them all.

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New Orleans Schools Considered 'Train Wreck'; District has Millions of Dollars Missing, Employees Indicted On Corruption Charges

"Urban districts, in general, will often have problems with instruction, with finances, with operations," said Michael Casserly, executive director of the Coun...

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